Buildings collapse after subsidence in S China

 　　GUANGZHOU, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Two buildings consisting of six shops collapsed¹ Monday afternoon after subsidence in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, the municipal government has confirmed.

　　At around 4:40 p.m., subsidence occurred at a road junction² in the Liwan district of downtown Guangzhou. Two neighboring shop buildings collapsed successively, said the Guangzhou municipal government press department.

　　The subsidence area, about 10-meter in depth, extended about 100 square meters.

　　There are no casualties from the incident, which was near a metro³ tunnel construction site, said Guangzhou Metro Corporation on its official Sina Weibo account, China's version of Twitter.

　　At 4:20 p.m., metro builders found land subsiding⁴ near the project site and helped evacuate⁵ the area. Afterwards, the ground sank and buildings collapsed, Guangzhou Metro said.

　　As of 8 p.m., rescuers adopted risk-prevention methods by backfilling concrete into the subsidence area. Monitoring statistics show that there is no further risk and the accident site is stable, it said.

　　Guangzhou municipal government authorities launched an emergency response plan and set up headquarters at the site, evacuating⁶ nearby residents and preparing for any possible risks.

　　The cause of the incident is being investigated.

1 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

2 junction   

n.连接，接合；交叉点，接合处，枢纽站

参考例句：

• There's a bridge at the junction of the two rivers.两河的汇合处有座桥。
• You must give way when you come to this junction.你到了这个路口必须让路。

3 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

4 subsiding   

v.（土地）下陷（因在地下采矿）( subside的现在分词 )；减弱；下降至较低或正常水平；一下子坐在椅子等上

参考例句：

• The flooded river was subsiding rapidly. 泛滥的河水正在迅速退落。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Gradually the tension was subsiding, gradually the governor was relenting. 风潮渐渐地平息了。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

5 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

6 evacuating   

撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空

参考例句：

• The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
• Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？